Three Browns-related things for the first day since the players exited for the offseason …

1. Per multiple reports, the Browns will add Alonzo Highsmith to their personnel department. The Green Bay Press-Gazette reported that details are being finalized for Highsmith, 52, to join former co-worker John Dorsey in Cleveland with a title of vice president and/or assistant general manager.

A former NFL running back, Highsmith has spent the last 19 years with the Packers, 13 with their college scouting department. His current title with the Packers is senior personnel executive.

Most scouts and personnel executives work on contracts that expire in May after the draft, so this is likely the first of a series of moves Dorsey will make with the Browns' personnel department. Andrew Berry had been the second-highest ranking person in the organization with a personnel background. Ken Kovash has the same title as Berry, vice president of player personnel. ...

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